Rio Tinto Iron Ore has agreed to pay a levy of up to $300 million over 50 years to the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation to cover present and future land use of the traditional owners' land.
Canning Vale-based Ausdrill Ltd has forecast an extra $370 million in revenue after African miner Gold Fields Ltd extended its contract to cover the life of a mine in Ghana.
The grandson of the late iron ore prospector Peter Wright, a long time business partner of mining tycoon Lang Hancock, has been appointed to Apex Minerals ML's board in what is understood to be his first public company venture.
Traditional owners in the Pilbara region are celebrating a win in the National Native Title Tribunal over Fortescue Metals Group Ltd after proving the company failed to negotiate in good faith over a tenement application.
Four Midwest Corporation Ltd directors have cashed in nearly $60 million worth of shares after accepting Sinosteel Corp's offer, while the Chinese steelmaker keeps quiet on whether it will extend its takeover deadline, due to expire tomorrow.
The state Liberal party has revealed a leaked document from a government agency that had grave concerns about the condition of Apache Energy Ltd's Varanus Island pipelines last year.
A 12 per cent shortfall in uranium production has forced Subiaco-based Paladin Energy Ltd to revise down its forecast production for 2008 at it Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia.
Sinosteel Corp's holding in takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd has crept up to 54 per cent while it stays quiet on whether it will extend its takeover deadline, due to expire tomorrow.
Two advertising campaigns launched at the same time by the same agency have made iiNet and Murdoch University the most improved brands in this years' WA Business News branding survey.
West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd is the latest in a series of casualties in the gold sector as the historically lucrative industry continues its fall from grace.
WEST Perth-based Albidon Limited has delivered the first concentrate at its fully-owned Munali Nickel Project, 60 kilometres south of the Zambian capital Lusaka.
The Western Australian business success story that everyone has been talking about in the past twelve months, Fortescue Metals Group, has topped the emerging brands list.
Perth-based Berkeley Resources Ltd has been selected by a Spanish company to form a partnership that will investigate the development of uranium assets in Spain.
United States investment firm Harbinger Capital has further increased its stake in Midwest Corporation Ltd, following a raid on over 5.4 million shares yesterday.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has congratulated the state government in reducing the backlog of mining tenement applications by 20 per cent but has urged the resources minister to do all he can to trim it down further.
Perth-based minerals explorer Crusader Holdings NL has formed a partnership with Canadian company G4G Resources Ltd to acquire iron ore projects in Brazil as feedstock for the production of saleable iron ore units.
Northbridge-based Impact Minerals Ltd has formed an alliance with the world's second largest platinum producer to explore and develop nickel-platinum deposits in southern Africa.
West Perth-based Black Range Minerals Ltd's Taylor Ranch project in Colorado may be under threat following a lawsuit filed against the authority that approved the WA company to conduct further exploration.
US based Harbinger Capital has increased its shareholding in Western Australian iron ore miner Midwest Corporation Ltd from 9.1 per cent to 10.53 per cent.
West Perth-based gold miner Troy Resources NL has cashed in its profitable investment in Canadian company Comaplex, raising $47.9 million and potentially more under a 'top up' deal.
Takeover target Ausdrill Ltd has cast aside its share trading policy, in light of managing director Ron Sayers' recent share spending spree, justifying the move as not applicable during a hostile takeover scenario.
Subiaco-based Wolf Minerals Ltd has appointed Ausenco Services Pty Ltd to carry out the feasibility study on its Hemerdon Ball tin and tungsten project in the United Kingdom.
Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd deputy chairman David Humann has stepped down from the boards of Territory Resources Ltd's and India Resources Ltd, a day after the gold company went into administration.
Burswood-based surgery technology company NSL Health Ltd will switch focus to the resources sector later this year after entering into a merger agreement with unlisted company Iron Ore Hill Ltd.
Osborne Park-based Anvil Mining Ltd is set to raise $310 million from a share placement to Israeli mining investor Dan Gertler who, on completion of the raising, will hold 25 per cent of the company.
Despite announcing a $30 million lifeline package earlier this week, Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd has today appointed Pitcher Partners as voluntary administrators.
Subiaco-based Riviera Resources Ltd has opened its $2.5 million initial public offer with funds to contribute to exploration costs at its Three Sisters project in Queensland.
